This past week has been very exciting in our classroom. The long awaited pet hamster has finally arrived. The kinders were so excited to greet the terrified little critter to our room. The first thing that they wanted to do was to take him out and let him run around. I had to gather the kinders and remind them that this little creature might be just a little nervous with so many big faces peering in his cage, and that maybe we should wait just a little bit to take him out. They conceded, and were willing to wait, just for a bit.
When our little critter came out of the cage, the ever important job of choosing a name became the hot topic. I was more than happy to let the kinders choose a name, and what happened next still makes me smile. One kinder organized a polling station of sorts. He flipped over a clear bin, sat behind it, and asked his classmates to vote for the one of the two names that her heard mentioned. His peers were instructed to drop a foam block into a coffee filter indicating their name selection. Democracy in action!
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